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Scootney Fishing Reports

By: BMGW
Posted: 10/2/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 9/26/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Just a couple of good ole boys from Minnesota floating the Scoot and reminiscing our childhood days in northern Minnesota. We done good! Called up a few walleye some real nice perch one pushing 14" ...
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Posted: 5/8/2009
Species: Walleye
Rating: 3
Fished: 5/3/2009
Hot Spots: 0
Hit the Scooter about 11 AM (crack of dawn days are a byegone thing when you drive 100 miles to pick someone up, then another 50 miles to the lake) and headed for the canal between the upper and lower...
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Posted: 4/6/2009
Species: Rainbow Trout
Rating: 1
Fished: 4/5/2009
Hot Spots: 0
I should have known it was going to be a difficult day when the first three gas stations I went to did not have bait worms, and when I asked for "bait worms" they looked at me funny... Anyways, hav...
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Posted: 7/8/2008
Species: Crappie
Rating: 3
Fished: 7/5/2008
Hot Spots: 0
What a beautiful lake! Looked for crappie, didn't hook a one. Caught eight walleye, all of them 13.5 and 14 inches, don't know if they were planted or what but they were all the same size. No keeper...
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By: medic1
Posted: 6/1/2008
Species: Walleye
Rating: 4
Fished: 6/1/2008
Hot Spots: 0
My uncle and I fished from 8 am to 6pm and caught a ton of walleye. No keepers, but a ton of fish and they were good fighters on a medium action rod. We also went down the canal and caught a few sma...
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Posted: 10/22/2007
Species: Perch
Rating: 4
Fished: 10/13/2007
Hot Spots: 0
a late report- took some youth for an outing that was supposed to be to banks lake, but we saw a tacklebox tale with a recent review of scootney, which my family farm was right at the northern tip of,...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/25/2007
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Rating: 3
Fished: 3/25/2007
Hot Spots: 0
Have fished Scootney many times. Some good days and some bad. Spring 06 dad landed a nice 10in crappie. Walleye are small but there are some big ones in there. Campground is very nice. The park r...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/29/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/23/2006
Hot Spots: 0
First time visit to Scooteney Reservoir. Very nice Campground, Day Use Area and Boat launch; lots of grassy areas and some shaded tables, clean restrooms, etc… Fished from a boat with our 3 kids. W...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/20/2006
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Rating: 3
Fished: 6/17/2006
Hot Spots: 0
We got up this morning and decided to do some camping/fishing. We eventually decided to see what Scooteney was like, so we headed over there. The lake looked nice and the camp ground was (A++++++). Lo...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 6/11/2006
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Rating: 2
Fished: 6/11/2006
Hot Spots: 0
Well, the bad fishing probably wasn't the lakes fault since it was my first time here. I went in search of bass and only caught 4 small Smallmouths in 3 days and the rest of the family got skunked. ...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 3/19/2006
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Rating: 4
Fished: 9/10/2005
Hot Spots: 0
We slamed several perch but the bass were hot off the banks. Cleanest park we have stayed in in years.
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 7/30/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 7/30/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Man it was hot. picked up some smallies top water at first light. switched to cranks when sun was all the way up. to my surprise I started to catch crappie on crankbaits switchrd to jig and maggots an...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 5/7/2003
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Rating: 5
Fished: 5/7/2003
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Scootney for the second time ever and man was it Windy. Glad I carry a 30 lb. anchor. Did a lot of exploring and slow motoring as this lake has a lot of rocks right under the water surface even...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 4/18/2001
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Rating: 3
Fished: 4/18/2001
Hot Spots: 0
Fished Scooteney for Walleye and perch. Weather was perfect and fishing was good also. We fished for about three hours catching 4 walleye one being 19" the others were just under 18". Never really fi...
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By: Anonymous
Posted: 10/28/2000
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Rating: 3
Fished: 10/28/2000
Hot Spots: 0
Went to Scooteney for the first time with partner who fishes it often. A good perch and panfish lake. We caught about a dozen perch and missed many more as they were biting light according to my pa...
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